The chapter opens in the secret room of the school. It's been a long time since we've seen the school, and the girls are still moping about the incident with the teacher. They're not really doing anything, but they're worried about what's going to happen next. The teacher throws a punch at one of the girls, and he runs off. The girls are worried about the black bug that's hanging around the room. They don't know what it's all about, and they'd like to know. The girl says that she's shaken her grip on her boots in the scuffle, but she can't figure out what the bug was. She wants to know what the "icky slimy thing" was, and she wonders why the teacher didn't shake the bug to shake it off. She's also worried that the girl's feelings about the teacher's death will linger in the room forever. She says that even after the teacher dies or is long dead, the girl will still feel the same feelings. She wonders if the girl can find a body of her own, like a monster or a monster's body, that has the same kind of feelings as the person who died or was long dead. She also wonders if there's a way to get rid of the bug without creating a new one. She thinks that if the bug doesn't have a body, it can just wander around the school and wreak havoc.